Friday, May 26, 2017

BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz! (And Recess Announcement!)

[After today this blog will be on high-ate-us until Monday, June 5th, at which point I will resume regular updates. The Bike Forecast will continue uninterrupted...except for Monday, May 29th which is Memorial Day. Got it? Good.]

Apologies in advance for any incoherence on my part beyond the usual amount (this blog is generally at least 40% incoherent), but the truth is I'm suffering from a massive hangover.

And who can somehow spin drivers crashing cars into their homes into a rationale for opposing a bike lane.

Also, let's not forget the time-worn line of bullshit that bike lanes somehow slow emergency vehicle response times. So sure, by all means keep the streets deadly, because at least the meatwagons will have an easier time showing up to scrape us off the road.

Morons.

In all sincerity the advocates who fight tirelessly for this stuff are made of some seriously high crabon moral fiber and I'm a counterfeit eBay S-Works in comparison.

Anyway, it's on that note that I'll bid you a-doo for the holiday weekend. Please note as stated above that I won't be here until Monday, June 5th, at which point I'll resume regular updates. I will however be person-ing my post at the Bike Forecast next week (Memorial Day excluded) so if you can't get enough of my insightful typing then rest assured you'll be able to relish it over there in the meantime.

I remember attending a meeting many years ago (more than 10 years back?). A meeting to discuss bringing congestion pricing to Manhattan, which would involve tolling all East River bridges and charging non-commercial vehicles for driving in Manhattan business hours M-F.

I signed up to speak in favor of the proposal but ended up leaving despondent after sitting there for hours and hearing person after person walk up to the mic to denounce the proposal. "TAX ME FOR DRIVING? HOW DARE THEY?!"

*Driving & parking should be free, b/c there is no cost to infrastructure, and no cost to congested streets...*

One person who stepped up to the mic introduced himself as City Councilmember Bill de Blasio of Park Slope. He said what an awful thing it would be to tax the hard-working people of the outer boros, how he could never support charges on the East River bridges, etc.

My only encounter w/de Blasio. I said to myself then, "I hope this asshole never runs for anything beyond City Council...."

Anyway, enough of the trip down Memory Lane. I feel for ya Snob. Thanks for fighting the fight & have a lovely weekend.

1. Greg must be needing some cash. Reminds me of the commercials the former 70s TV stars would do in their old age.B) where's the rest of that exciting bike video at the end!? That looked like it was going to be an epic display of short shorts and knee high, striped Cotten tube socks.

In car news, someone drove their pickup truck through a wall at AnalTech and they had to call hazmat on account of the smell. While there were no bikes involved, I thought the story fit right in on this board. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/truck-plows-analtech-odor-leads-hazmat-situation-article-1.3189762

Snob, while I'm sure you took precautions, liberally applied hand sanitizer and wore a surgical mask, maybe even a prophylactic, none of these measures are effective against the transmission of stupid. All you require is earplugs.

It doesn't seem to matter where you are, any mention of the dreaded two wheeled human powered conveyance activates the stupid gene immediately. My not so favorite is "tsk tsk tsk did you hear about that dear cyclist killed yesterday evening? So sad, but had he not been riding that bicycle he would still be alive blah blah blah. "Farewell crabon fibre bicycle, all hail the Made in Tennessee "Dentist's Special", and I'm not even a dentist! (I couldn't resist) I may, or may not, have no shame, but it sure rides great, so I don't care. And finally, The Cannonball, LeRound, and I certainly have something in common, and it isn't similar athletic ability........

I truly enjoy my visits to one of the internet's most prominent landmarks. One which has come to exemplify the spirit and freedom of all who dwell within it's lofty comment section. The sentinel known as BikeSnobNYC, Rip Torn Mug Shot, Wildcat Rock Machine, etc.

I live 1000 miles from NYC but I read Snob's TransAlt Bike Forecast first thing each morning. It's some of his best work. Have a good vacation Wildcat. Pack the epipen if you're traveling to the back country.

I do know that you should have put your period inside the quotation marks though.

hmmm. not sure that's true there snobster. doesn't it have something to do with whether the quotation is a sentence unto itself (or some such drivel)? Otherwise something like Mr. Trump, you can "quote me". properly has the period outside the quotes?

But then again i went to class (only occasionally) on the banks of the raritan. and that was so long ago that the school didn't admit those pesky women. so maybe your version is correct post franklin's language mangling was done.

put forth the effort to look it up and youse right of course. appears i am too enamored with those peeps across the pond (or up north as my reading seems to indicate they're a tad schizo about it and may do it either way).

While trying to figure out what shooting happened I came across an article about Julian Dean getting shot by a pellet gun in the 2009 Tour de France - interesting bit "Due to the intricate anatomy, a specialized hand and trauma surgeon removed the foreign body."

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While I love cycling and embrace it in all its forms, I'm also extremely critical. So I present to you my venting for your amusement and betterment. No offense meant to the critiqued. Always keep riding!